Tiraspol. Archive photoCHISINAU, June 11US Ambassador to Moldova Kent Doyle Logsdon believes that Pridnestrovie should be granted a special status, the diplomat expressed this opinion during his visit to the city of Balti, which is also called the «northern capital» of the republic. Earlier, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebryan said that the format «5 + 2» on the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict ceased to be functional due to the aggravation of relations between Ukraine and Russia. Nevertheless, the official Chisinau does not currently insist on changing this format.Through the UN, Moldova calls for the withdrawal of the Russian military from TransnistriaIn the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the «5 + 2» format, Chisinau and Tiraspol participate as parties to the conflict, Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE — as mediators, the European Union and the United States — as observers. «We want to do everything possible to ensure the integrity and security of Moldova is observed. We see a way out of the crisis in granting Transnistria a special status within Moldova,» the US Ambassador told journalists and civil activists during his visit, which was broadcast online on the Youtube channel of the Balti Internet project Nordnews The diplomat stressed that the United States stands for the resumption of political negotiations between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the «5 + 2» format. «The United States will continue to support the settlement of the conflict in the «5 + 2″ format. settlement, that is, something that will make the life of the people of the right and left banks better,» Logsdon said. Pridnestrovie, 60% of whose inhabitants made up of Russians and Ukrainians, sought secession from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that, on the wave of nationalism, Moldova would join Romania. In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Transnistria became virtually a territory not controlled by Chisinau. What started in Moldova
